Thomas Aquinas was a great philosopher during the Renaissance. Aquinas was born in 1225 in Roccasecca, Italy. His family, in which he was born, was an aristocratic. He was educated at Benedictine Abbey then he attended the universities of Naples, Cologne and Paris. Aquinas's main thinking was that religion can be reconciled with philosophy and science.
Philosophy
Thomas Aquinas was extremely influential within the Roman Catholic Church. He was particularly concerned with sexual ethics. He also had the idea of blending Aristotle's beliefs with Christianity. Some of his beliefs on sexual ethics weren't excepted very widely.
He is often associated with St. Augustine. Due to the fact that they both tried to blend Christianity and one of the great philosophers of ancient Greece. Although, St. Augustine was more focused on Plato than Aristotle they still had similar beliefs. Aquinas's philosophy blended Christianity and Aristotle's beliefs.
Major Works
Aquinas had quite a few major works during his time. In the early 1250's he published two works. They were called Scriptum super libros Sententiariuma (also known as Commentary on the Sentences) and De ente et essentia (also known as On Being and Essence). He wrote this two works while teaching at Cologne. As the master of theology at the University of Paris in 1256, he wrote another great work. This work was called Impugnantes Dei cultum et religion or Against Those Who Assail the Worship of God and Religion. His next two works were written from about 1265 to 1274. They were his Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles. His commentaries, for examining Aristotle's writings, are also well known. They are On the Heavens, Meteorology, On Generation and Corruption, On the Soul, Nicomachean Ethics and Metaphysics, among others. He also had some other less famous works too.
Quotes
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led onto the master the evidence for ourselves.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in the port forever.
Sources
Law, Stephen. The Great Philosophers: The Lives and Ideas of History's Greatest Thinkers. London: Quercus, 2007. Print.
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Biography
Thomas Aquinas was a great philosopher during the Renaissance. Aquinas was born in 1225 in Roccasecca, Italy. His family, in which he was born, was an aristocratic. He was educated at Benedictine Abbey then he attended the universities of Naples, Cologne and Paris. Aquinas's main thinking was that religion can be reconciled with philosophy and science.
Philosophy
Thomas Aquinas was extremely influential within the Roman Catholic Church. He was particularly concerned with sexual ethics. He also had the idea of blending Aristotle's beliefs with Christianity. Some of his beliefs on sexual ethics weren't excepted very widely.
He is often associated with St. Augustine. Due to the fact that they both tried to blend Christianity and one of the great philosophers of ancient Greece. Although, St. Augustine was more focused on Plato than Aristotle they still had similar beliefs. Aquinas's philosophy blended Christianity and Aristotle's beliefs.
Major Works
Aquinas had quite a few major works during his time. In the early 1250's he published two works. They were called Scriptum super libros Sententiariuma (also known as Commentary on the Sentences) and De ente et essentia (also known as On Being and Essence). He wrote this two works while teaching at Cologne. As the master of theology at the University of Paris in 1256, he wrote another great work. This work was called Impugnantes Dei cultum et religion or Against Those Who Assail the Worship of God and Religion. His next two works were written from about 1265 to 1274. They were his Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles. His commentaries, for examining Aristotle's writings, are also well known. They are On the Heavens, Meteorology, On Generation and Corruption, On the Soul, Nicomachean Ethics and Metaphysics, among others. He also had some other less famous works too.
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